What a remarkable thing it is to wake each day wrapped in the glow of the love that surrounds us and burns within us. My spiritual journey began in 1992 with the introduction to the feminine divine at a weekend workshop with Margot Adler. Though I had grown up in the Unitarian Church, I never met another Unitarian at school from kindergarten through senior year. Growing up in the bible belt (Central Florida), I was surrounded by many young people of varying Christian faiths, so I was often informed that my lack of faith in someone else’s belief system meant that I would burn in Hell. Of course, that didn’t scare me because I didn’t believe in that human construct either. But so much talk of a hateful God who would send good people into an eternity of suffering was a real turn-off. Frankly, I’m not into abusive relationships, so I moved on.
So, the idea of a faith or practice that included a Goddess and a God was a revelation at age 23. Admittedly, I continued to struggle with the ‘God’ relationship and decided to just ignore it for a while. There have been far too many experiences with toxic masculinity that offered objectification, disrespect, and misogyny to enable a relationship with a masculine divine. So, I focused on my relationship with the feminine divine and spent a couple of decades figuring out how to find Her within myself. I could really feel the goddess rising through the MeToo movement and the PinkPussyHat movement of recent years. What I could feel in my being is that She is kinda pissed, y’all.
In the age of constant news of white men in places of power working daily to rape and pillage the rights and bodily autonomy of women, it’s especially difficult to nurture a kind and loving relationship with the masculine divine. Though I have a good number of remarkable men in my life, I am a happily single and joyfully childless cat lady, so… I was beginning to feel that this was a relationship I wouldn’t get to explore in this lifetime. But that started to shift at the beginning of this year.
A young man in my life invited me to hold space for his suffering and vulnerability. Through his courage and emotional maturity, I got to see the beauty of a soul that lives in truth with respect for women and for himself. He strives to be a man of integrity and compassion. When he suffers a setback, he honors his grief with the support of a therapist and with the counsel of elders who love him. Instead of allowing his hurt to turn to bitterness, he chooses to go deeper within to become an even better version of himself. He has become my personal symbol of the masculine divine. My most Noble Truth. My honorary godson.
That divine nature is also visible in the deeply compassionate and sacrificial nature of our President, Joe Biden. Talk about a sacrificial king. For the sake of our democracy, he came out of retirement to use his half a century of experience and across-the-aisle capability to regain a sense of integrity and dignity for our country after four years of terror. And though he surely would have won another term to finish all he sought to accomplish on our behalf, he chose to step aside and elevate the feminine divine we find in his partner and VP, Kamala Harris.
Within a single week, the energy that surrounds this pending election season was elevated to a whole new dimension. This moment is way overdue, and we are fully engaged and ready to celebrate getting to vote again for a woman and this time to see her elected as President of the United States of America. And now, just a couple of weeks after that, we are steering by starlight. Kamala Harris has chosen a healthy father figure to join her in leading us out of the darkness of threatening fascism which already has a tight grip on our democracy. I live in Florida, so we feel it and see it every day in the toxic masculinity that runs rampant in harmful and oppressive policies pouring out of our state’s capitol.
The thing about the rise of the feminine divine is that unlike in patriarchal systems, there is more than enough room for the masculine divine. I mean, She is the Mother of us all, how could She possibly want less for Her Sacred Sons than for Her Beloved Daughters? There is archaeological evidence that women were worshipped and revered for tens of thousands of years, but for the last two thousand years of the Piscean Age, the world has been victim to the diminishment of women in society and the Earth has paid a lethal price.
The world is now getting to see how a brilliant woman leads with strength and joy, and how a heroic male counterpart who lifts her and supports her is invited to shine right along with her. Beloveds, I am so excited for all of us and the bright future that awaits. Tim Walz was completely unknown to me a week ago, and now he is among my favorite humans. I delight in knowing that girls are finally going to see themselves in the highest role within our country’s leadership and that boys, girls, and non-binary beings will benefit from the loving kindness and healing compassion to be delivered by the Harris Walz Administration. This is gonna be so good!
There is still much work to be done, for darkness still looms in the shadows despite all of this light. The age of Aquarius is upon us and we are bearing witness to the WE movement through communities that are gathering and building momentum in various groups on social media. There is so much love there, I hope you are finding it and feeling it, dear ones. People who are physically surrounded by cult members are finding comfort and solace in these spaces where we arrive for a common cause, to not go back, and to fight to win. What I especially adore is that people whose lives have been made physically and emotionally unsafe by the hateful rhetoric of the oppression party are bravely stepping into community spaces in their authenticity and are finding acceptance and celebration, as should we all. I LOVE THIS FOR ALL OF US! We deserve to live in a world where we are all accepted and celebrated for who we are.
So enjoy this beautiful chariot ride into liberation, friends. Keep showing up, keep speaking up, keep rising up, keep lifting up – not just Kamala Harris and Tim Walz as our next President and Vice President, but one another, as well! This is how we form a more perfect union. And if you’re interested in joining me and my tribe for our mindful practice of visualizing the future we deserve and command, below is our Blue Flame Spell for the Protection of Our Democracy.
When a Blue Wave moves through it leaves behind a lot of muck and debris in its wake, so we are invoking a controlled burn with this Blue Flame to burn it all away so that the light that is revealed can shine brightly upon our sacred foundation and give rise to the seeds of a loving society where we all have all we need with plenty to share. Just light a blue candle and speak these words each day between now and the election.
By this Blue Flame, we conjure zephyr winds, cleansing fire, healing waves, and stable ground to lift us, purify us, clarify us, and hold us as we witness our Nation’s joyful new beginning with the flawless election of Democratic Representation from the White House through each Statehouse. We activate and fully engage our highest selves, our devoted guides, and all unemployed angels, to awake and arise with the spirit of our sacred ancestors to deliver us from obstruction, oppression, and intended destruction. The feminine divine did rise, and will not tolerate patriarchal demise.
Blue Flame, burning brightly illumines the peaceful and respectful transition of power from the compassionate father to the fearless daughter. One saved us from drowning, providing healing respite, the next gave us wings and took us higher into flight. When women lead, the world is reborn. We celebrate the arrival of effortless flourish and flow, nurtured by truth, justice, abundance, wisdom, empathy, caring, and compassion for all beings great and small. Together, we are dancing, sharing, loving, and caring. This is the arrival of our new age as we rejoice, renew, and rekindle ancient wisdom,
progressive sage.
This Blue Flame burns away the ME and elevates the WE, aligning the earth with safety, security, equity, equality, liberty, harmony, transparency, integrity, unity, community, multi-dimensionality, and reciprocity.
Our time has come. We have overcome! It is done. It is done. It is done!
Thank you for walking this path with me. I love knowing you are here.
This quote from a longer poem spoke to me, as does this stunning artwork
by a favorite artist whose work is found on Etsy, Autumn Sky Art.
Bee the Light 